You would think we're guaranteed to break through the 25 000 barrier next week, especially as we have a home game against Melbourne next week and no doubt the club will have plenty of stalls to sign up new members.
The more astute Richmond supporters would've seen that this was a new and imporved Tiger lineup from their 4-match winning streak earlier in the season.
But perhaps the doubts from efforts over previous seasons ensured that they weren't as confident about Richmond as they should've been.
I was extremely negative about the Essendon game beforehand even though the available evidence before the game suggested the Tigers were in with a real show. It was just that the previous 20 years of Richmond results against the Bombers and their failure to deliver in big names led me to have less faith in them then they deserved.
Thankfully, I was proven wrong.